Trying to repair a flashing signal for a Lionel 6-12052 FasTrack Grade Crossing since replacements are not available. It uses (I think) a 3.5mm stereo headphone jack to plug into the base. One of the wires inside the jack has broken and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the jack apart so I can repair it. Usually they just unscrew form the base but this does not appear to be the case here. Anyone have any experience with this?
Is only one wire broken off? In that case, take a meter set of ohms or continuity to see which wire goes to which part of the plug. Once you've figured that out, cut off the remaining wires and attach to a new 3.5mm plug. Done.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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